Jokes, quotes, and anecdotes from some of the world’s top global satirists in today’s panel, “America Meet World: How Global Satirists See Us.”
Who They Were:
(And still are.)
- Anuvab Pal is a world-renowned stand-up comedian, screenwriter and playwright from Mumbai, India. Dubbed “India’s most intelligent stand-up comic” by the New York Times.
- David Kibuuka, originally from Uganda, is a comedian and television host based out of South Africa. Kibuuka received an Emmy nomination as part of the writing team and cast of the show “Late Nite News With Loyiso Gola.”
- Saman Arbabi is the creator and executive producer of Iran’s most popular satirical television shows—his show “Parazit” has been called “The Daily Show of Iran.” Arbabi is also an award-winning international journalist.
What They Said:
(A few of my favorites: Some funny. Some serious. Most paraphrased. All taken out of context.)
- We tend to side with Obama on most things because he’s a black person. -David Kibuuka
- In the war of pacifists vs. dicks, dicks are always going to win. -Saman Arbabi
- It’s not smart to take away the privilege of watching something online from millions of technology professionals. -Anuvab Pal
- If we get attacked by aliens, then we’re all going to have to work together. That’s the only thing that will unite us. -David Kibuuka (on racism and hatred)
- It shows how weak a government is when they’re afraid of a comedy show. -Saman Arbabi
- Your policemen look like movie/cartoon policemen. -Anuvab Pal (on the U.S.)
- I thought the U.S. would have agreed to chill out on the racism for at least 6 months or so after Ferguson. -David Kibuuka
- I am lucky to be part of both the “Axis of Evil” and the “Great Satan.” -Saman Arbabi (on U.S. and Iran—no clarification as to which is which)
- We don’t follow American politics as much as you’d like us to. We have real problems. Like ebola. -David Kibuuka